Blindfolds & Masks

This series, consisting of blue figures and one yellow figure, is an exploration of the duality of Idios Kosmos and Koinos Kosmos.

The imagery of masks and blindfolds made their way into this series upon rumination of the notion of private worlds and shared worlds. The blindfold being something worn to keep one in their private world, where the mask is worn to keep the shared world at bay. Both represent a desire for disconnection that isn’t readily achieved, as the worlds define and redirect one another. The non-representational backgrounds allude to our ever-shifting and often subjective world(s); the way that we are connected to and separate from the world as a whole and as a representation of dual Kosmos.

Barriers

Scrawls

“Scrawls” is a series that deals with the arbitrary nature inherent in signs and symbols. The specific forms dealt with are those used in calligraphy and in musical notation. The series investigates ways in which languages are presented in a visual nature, with the goal of developing a sort of formulaic approach to these forms that can be built into abstractions of landscapes.

Abstract experimental

Abyss Dwellers

This series explores the literal and metaphoric natures of light and darkness. The figures depicted hold fast to their light amidst the dark, depressed backgrounds. The lights depicted vary in color and have no tangible source, suggesting that at times light can be found amidst the dark and at others one might be responsible to create their own light. The figures are on a journey with no apparent beginning and no apparent end, resulting in the light they carry becoming the focal point of the each piece. The themes of these works fostered the ideas that have been developed and further explored in the Blue Figures series.